Topic - Teen Girls’ Suicide Rate At All-Time High
Bullying and constant pressure to measure up are two of the causes and social media may be responsible for the biggest spike in suicides for teen girls in forty-two years? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the suicide rate for girls between ages fourteen and nineteen has doubled between two thousand seven and twenty fifteen and it has tripled for girls ages twelve to fourteen in that same time frame. Depression doesn’t usually scream for help, but it’s not depression that kills them. It’s hopelessness. Are they trapped in a situation without an escape? Are they talking about death? Being sad or upset? Sit them down. Use their language. Their brains aren’t formed. They may not appreciate the permanence of death. Make sure they do. Give them reasons to hold onto life.
